((By the way, in case you're wondering, superthrawn, Ritchet will be protected from the weather as long as he stays on Guy's transport.))

"You never carried the same name?" Raschel asked. "I thought you two were both named Irvine. You had weird parents I guess...or wait, wasn't one of you a clone of the other?" She looked at the white-haired Irvine (Cracern). "So wouldn't you be Irvine II or Irviine or something?"

"Maybe we should call them Red and White," Misae said. "Since they can't make up their minds."

Svafa: It is Gotterdammerung's version Fimbulvetr. The true one is three years long, this has only been a year in length.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

((OOS: Hal is both right and wrong, since these Sith predate Exar Kun [who just as an example, had a blue lightsaber], and thus would not have developed the Force-synthesizing technology yet in their original bodies. If I recall correctly, of course.

Of course their new lightsabers (except apprentice's sabers) would all be red, with the army taking advantage of superior technology.))

*Answering WH Irvine/Cracern*

"Weren't you just calling somebody uptight?" Misae retorted. "And it sounds like you do have the same name. Except you," - she pointed at WH Irvine/Cracern - "took your father's first name plus a misspelling of it, and you," - pointing to RH Irvine/Sir-vin - "took your father's last name. Which is kind of funny since neither of you supposedly knew him."

"Anyway..." Raschel cut in. "Don't you two have nicknames or something? We can't keep calling you both Irvine. It's confusing."

Cracern/WH Irvine "Ivan Cracern, one of Cracken's former admirals actually raised me, I never 'knew' Cracken, nor can I say that he was my father. It's a pure damn coincidence that one could confuse it for a misspelling. Just call me by my last name would be fine."

Sir-Vin *answering Raschel* "Well I can definately say that I wouldn't want to be called my mine. I'm not carrying on with my families history. But like my counterpart, I never knew Cracken, but I know he's my father. If I had, I might have helped him cuase the situation that we're in now."

Sir-vin "You'd think that during the time I was young, my name had to be changed, becuase there were alot of refugees escaping my father who had once delt with his father. So, to prevent harm to myself, and to keep me completely oblivious, I was renamed."

*Once everyone had grab gear and was seated Heimdall presses a button and the ramp raises. He then takes a seat by and whispers something to her that causes Svafa to smile briefly.

The bay door opens quickly and silently. Once open the transport speeds away. As soon as the transport cleared the door it again closed letting in only a small amount of snow.

The transport flew over the snow covered landscape, throwing up a white cloud of snow in it's wake. The ride was smooth, and the lack of windows gave no evidence to termendous speeds that they were travelling at.

After about thirty minutes there was a small bump as the transport came to a fast halt.*

Male Beserk: We are here. Ahead of schedule I may add.

Heimdall *standing*: Thank you.

Beserk: We will be back in five days, or earlier if necessary.

Svafa: We'll be waiting.

*Heimdall walked to the rear of the transport and lowered the door. He steps out into the snow and sinks a little, his breath was eaisly visible, but despite the cold weather his armor kept him comfortable, not to warm or cold. Heimdall scanned the horizon turned and reentered the transport.

Idona, Svafa, and Idun all stand and open overhead compartments revealing packs. They began pulling them down and setting them outside the transport. Gerd helped as much as she could, and when Heimdall returned he also provided a hand.

In a short order there were enough packs outside for the entire group. Once the group was competly out of the transport, it turns and races off in a new direction leaving the group in a vast plains of snow.

Idona walks over to the pile of packs. Her steps crunching in the snow.*

Idona: These packs contian water enough for a couple of days. After that we will use the snow for refills. *She crouches by one pack and pulls a tube* You drink through here, just clip it to your collar and you can drink whenever you want. Remember to stay hydrated. Each pack has enough food to last one person five days, they also have a first aid kit, light, fire starting gear, a rudimentary mess kit, an entrenching tool, a fixed blade knife, toiletries, and some other items. Grab a pack and lets get going.

*Idona picks up the pack she knelt next to and slings it over her shoulders. She adjusts the straps so it sits comfortable, and then clips the water tube to the collar of her armor. and waits for the others. Heimdall, Idun, Svafa do the same. Svafa helps Gerd to get hers situated and adjusted.*

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

Svafa: Sound advice Hal, but there is no cover. We are at the Lieskirnir Plains and have to cross them to reach the castle, but don't worry about being cooked in your armor. Drakes prefer live meat.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

*Matt grabbed the pack and nodded*
Matt: Trust me, I also want to be no farther than two steps from someone who can save my butt

Vader's wife was very pregnant when she died 19 years ago. All of a sudden a 19 year old who is very strong in the force and has a distinct resembalance to him in his younger days rolls in from Vader's home planet with his old Master Obi-Wan (Who was the ONLY other person preset at the time his wife died. And to boot, the kid's last name is Skywalker.

So in answer to your question, he knew Luke was his son because his name is Darth Vader, and not Darth Retard.

((Deac: Why doesn't Atredis have a sun? and I take it that there is not a large population on the planet for it to have survive the holocaust))

Heimdall: As you wish, just remember to take a pack.

*Heimdall says the spell and Marin is stripped of her armor*
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*Idona seeing everyone except Marin had a pack begins walking. Svafa Walked Next to Idona on her right side. Idun and Gerd followed behind them.*

Idona passing Hal: Be happy that you don't have a horse, it would make you more of a target.

*There was a haze, but in the distance one could make out the slops of the platuea that the castle sat on*

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

*Sir-vin walked closely behind the Aesir, not saying a word. With his eyes only being the only seeable portion of his face even without eye protection, they remained open, he kept a stare ahead of him toward their destination, like he wasn't really following the others, more like he knew the way he was supposed to go.*

*Cracern was a few members behind. looking at Sir-Vin through a pair of goggles that the survival clothing came with...*

Cracern 'Irvy's presence, odd, why does he feel so serious.'

*He looks at Matt*

Cracern 'More then likely he's keeping himself aware, or if anything mentally preparing for that battle coming up. He claims that he trained more on mental discipline, but not only on Matt but himself, but what amount did he mean? He certainly didn't like Hal wanting to help Matt out...'

*Cracern now walking through knee-high snow, even when its a path that the people infront of him had created.*

Cracern "Damn this is a heck of a stroll. This is why I don't usualy enjoy winter.."

Matt: Reminds me of the question: Which would you rather do, melt or freeze to death......A relative question I suppose.

Vader's wife was very pregnant when she died 19 years ago. All of a sudden a 19 year old who is very strong in the force and has a distinct resembalance to him in his younger days rolls in from Vader's home planet with his old Master Obi-Wan (Who was the ONLY other person preset at the time his wife died. And to boot, the kid's last name is Skywalker.

So in answer to your question, he knew Luke was his son because his name is Darth Vader, and not Darth Retard.

Stripped of her armor, Marin rapidly began to feel the effects of the freezing weather. Hurridly she began to morph.

Her skin turned white and rough in texture. Plates raised up from the surface of her skin. Her neck grew longer. Her shoulders and hips expanded and cracked as a tail poked out from behind them. Her hands grew claws, and she fell forward onto all fours. Her spinal cord stretched and her back grew larger. Her shoulder blades separated, and half of them grew out into leathery, folded wings. Her nose and jaw grew out into a long snout. Her eyes turned ice blue. Her tightly-worn clothes faded away with her humanoid body.

She completed the morph. The body appeared to be a cross between a huge panther and a small dragon. She coughed, and a lick of blue fire came from between the long white jaws of the creature.

*An hour into the march the group comes upon a standing in the snow. His skin had a blueish tinge to it and there were icicles hanging from his hair. The tatered clothes marked him as a Sith.

The group paused for a second at the sith. The Sith suddenly comes back to life and as quickly as he came back he succumbed to the cold and died again.*

Svafa: Very appropiate punishment.

Idona: Lord Vidar thought so. In another thirty minutes we should reach the red sea, crossing it will be the longest part of our trip.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

((Deac: If that is the case then Atredis is destroyed. The Stars didn't just turn off, they went Nova...))

Heimdall: Hate is a very powerful word Orthos, be careful with the use of it. Now observe this Sith.

*The head of the sith lifts and flys back onto his body reattaching itself slightly off center. Flesh forms over the parts that where still left open (in other words the places where the head didn't cover entirly). The Sith then woke again and quickly died from exposure*

Idona: If removing the head was all it took then there would be no Sith on this planet. However, as you can see it doesn't work. You can spend all day chopping them to bits and still they will not stay dead. Now ignore this Sith, we can no longer delay.

Svafa: This one isn't worth the effort anyways, not even his own masters think he is worth saving. They have had plenty of opportuntiy to rescue him but they haven't.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

*Pre-freezing sith*
Matt: I dunno, say about how long it takes for someone to freeze to death on hoth with no protection to the same on Tatoinee or in lava with no protection
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*post-freezing sith*
Matt: They would make good stress relievers, just kill 'em whenever you're feeling angry and watch them come back to life....

Vader's wife was very pregnant when she died 19 years ago. All of a sudden a 19 year old who is very strong in the force and has a distinct resembalance to him in his younger days rolls in from Vader's home planet with his old Master Obi-Wan (Who was the ONLY other person preset at the time his wife died. And to boot, the kid's last name is Skywalker.

So in answer to your question, he knew Luke was his son because his name is Darth Vader, and not Darth Retard.

*The group continues on leaving behind the lone Sith his painful cycle of reviving and death.*

Heimdall: It's not that simple Raschel. It all depends on the objective of each side and their tatics and assumptions. Advanced Cultures tend to fight and expect to fight other advanced cultures so they may not be prepared for low tech traps the cave-men can engineer. The objective is especially important since if the spacemen want the cave-men's planet intact orbital bombardment may not be an option. Also you must define what it means to win, for instance. IF the spacemen want to enslave the cave-men and the cavemen put up such a fight to be entirely exterminated who is the real winner?
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Idona to Marin: It's not an actual sea. Rather it is a place where part of our army clashed with part of the Sith army. The results of the battle is what we call the Red Sea.

*Thirty-one minutes later the group cressed a hill and before them was vast stretch of snow covered land dyed red*

Idona: This is the Red Sea that I spoke of.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

Sir-Vin *staring at the blood stained snow* 'They've been quiet on how meny Sith we're going to be up agenst, I think I know why.' "Idona, this blood I hope in amount is mutual between the two forces?"

Vader's wife was very pregnant when she died 19 years ago. All of a sudden a 19 year old who is very strong in the force and has a distinct resembalance to him in his younger days rolls in from Vader's home planet with his old Master Obi-Wan (Who was the ONLY other person preset at the time his wife died. And to boot, the kid's last name is Skywalker.

So in answer to your question, he knew Luke was his son because his name is Darth Vader, and not Darth Retard.

Idona: So you hope that we bled as much as our enemies in this battle? Very interesting...

*Svafa gives Sir Vin a look before she and Idona began walking into the field of blood. Idun and Gerd followed behind like they did with the entire trip.

Heimdall walks pass and pauses only breifly*

Heimdall to Sir Vin: In the future you may want to pick your words with more care.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

Matt: All right, lemme give it a try. Is the amount of blood on this field directly proportional to the amount of enemies we will face?

Vader's wife was very pregnant when she died 19 years ago. All of a sudden a 19 year old who is very strong in the force and has a distinct resembalance to him in his younger days rolls in from Vader's home planet with his old Master Obi-Wan (Who was the ONLY other person preset at the time his wife died. And to boot, the kid's last name is Skywalker.

So in answer to your question, he knew Luke was his son because his name is Darth Vader, and not Darth Retard.

Sir-Vin "I did picked my words quite fine thank you. I was asking for a bit of assurence that this isnt a suicidal mission we're on. We're on this planet to help fight a war agenst our enemies upfront, mainly agenst an army of undying Sith. I'm just trying to get that visualisation of the true realism of what to become before we start fighting this war."

Heimdall: Start fighting this war? We *motioning to the other Aesir* have been fighting this war. Is this a suicide mission? Depends on what your talking about. Going to the castle is not. Fighting at Vidgrid in all likely hood is. As we told you in the briefing we will not win that battle, and the probability of surviving it is extermely low. You do not have to fight and it is best that you don't.

"Dulce bellum inexpertis."

Official Forum Expert on Norse Mythology
As Odin says in the Hovamal:"Praise no day 'til evening; no wife 'til on her pyre; no sword 'til tested;
no maid 'til bedded; no ice 'til crossed;
no ale 'til drunk."

Matt: I'll be honest here. For you guys to be losing this war. I'd say almost all of the blood in this field is from the Sith. Next time you might want to think about taking some more prisoners.

Vader's wife was very pregnant when she died 19 years ago. All of a sudden a 19 year old who is very strong in the force and has a distinct resembalance to him in his younger days rolls in from Vader's home planet with his old Master Obi-Wan (Who was the ONLY other person preset at the time his wife died. And to boot, the kid's last name is Skywalker.

So in answer to your question, he knew Luke was his son because his name is Darth Vader, and not Darth Retard.